Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Luke in the Big Apple


Just got another CD of photos from my son, Lucas, during his 4-day stay in The Big Apple last month. I'm posting this one image now because he's just so darn handsome but I'll get to the others later. Moms always think their kids are beautiful, right? Right!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

80 years young!


Happy Birthday, Mom. It's still hard for me to imagine that you are 80 years old today. I wondered what I would write in your birthday card for the party but as soon as I sat down, the words just flowed out of my heart. And when so many people got up to "say a few words"about the woman they, too, have come to know through the years, a running theme began to emerge:

You are compassionate, kind and loving
You are non-judgmental and quick with a word of encouragement
You inspire those around you to be a better person
You forgive and you forget
You see the glass half-full, especially in your own trials and tribulations
You laugh out loud and even louder at yourself
You are one heck of a dancer and a tennis player
You are what we want to be when we grow up!

I can't wait to see what the next 20 years brings (80 is the "new 60," you know).

Friday, July 25, 2008

Lazy days of summer



It's the middle of summer and the livin' is easy, especially for this family during our photo session last Sunday in a little neighborhood park by their house. I just loved the image of the kids walking through the grass - my idea of a lazy, summer Sunday afternoon! All we needed was a cold glass of lemonade and a big old slice of watermelon.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Let me introduce you...


to my latest "project." I've spent the past few months helping to plan and photograph images for Minister Gail E. Dudley's second book, "Ready to Pray, A Spiritual Journey of Prayer and Worship," soon to be published and distributed internationally, particularly during a mission trip Gail will undertake to South Africa later this year. Gail (who also happens to be a wife, mother, businesswoman, friend, and mentor) and I met this past winter and, by March, we were on a mission to bring her faithful vision of life experience and images to print, all for the glory of God.

Gail (shown here with her lovely daughter) is an ordinary person, just like you and me, whose passion it is to empower women around the world to find the freedom that comes from bowing down on your hands and knees before God at any stage in your life. Thank you, Gail, for letting me journey with you! I can't wait to see what else is in store in our newfound friendship!

Look for Gail's newest book to be out in September 2008!

We've got a winner...


Thanks to the Monroe Family in Gahanna for submitting their photo entry for my 4th of July photo contest! What I really loved was Mom's explanation for sending it..."ok, I know this photo does not have the flag in it...but it does symbolize true freedom to me through a child's eyes. I loved it so much I had to send it on!" And that's what freedom's all about, folks...sailing on a boat on a lake somewhere in this great country of ours, with the wind blowing through your hair and the sun shining down, without a care in the world! It just doesn't get anymore freeing or patriotic than that!

God Bless America and the Monroe's!

Friday, July 4, 2008

On this soggy 4th...


and from the comfort of my dry house I salute all the American men and women who are serving in the military today - wherever they are stationed - and for the countless more days they will wake up and do it all over again on my behalf. I am very thankful of the sacrifice that so many have made so that my personal freedoms and those of my family, my friends, and my country are preserved for another day.
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